Kongo
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo, 1900
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Kongo
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, glass, fibers, earth, encrustation, 10 13/16 x 4 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (27.5 x 10.8 x 11.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1954.145.67
'The Wurtzburger Collection of African Sculpture,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jan. 12 - Feb. 14, 1954; Cat. 67.
'African Sculpture,' The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 8 - Nov. 7, 1954. 'Fraser's The Golden Bough,' Peabody Inst. Libr., Baltimore, May 1958.
Gallery Rotation, "Wurtzburger Case 1," January 2008 - present.
African Reinstallation, "Sacred Art," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
"Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017," Apr 22, 2018-July 29, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala (Head Curator Katy Siegel).
'African Sculpture,' The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 8 - Nov. 7, 1954. 'Fraser's The Golden Bough,' Peabody Inst. Libr., Baltimore, May 1958.
Gallery Rotation, "Wurtzburger Case 1," January 2008 - present.
African Reinstallation, "Sacred Art," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
"Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017," Apr 22, 2018-July 29, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala (Head Curator Katy Siegel).
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.242, ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Siegel, Katy. "Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017." New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2018, p. 31 ill.
On View: Wurtzburger, Gallery
